| 100% | ERIN | 4 | Land that's saluted in this puzzle |
| 63% | ALL | 3 | Everything that's dropped in this puzzle |
| 54% | GEM | 3 | Stone that's "cut" in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 52% | TEN | 3 | Number of clues in this puzzle that contain factual inaccuracies |
| 52% | PULLEDPORK | 10 | Shredded Southern barbecue dish that's depicted in this puzzle's circles |
| 51% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 51% | TRAPPED | 7 | Confined, like five letters in this puzzle that spell an apt word |
| 49% | ONEA | 4 | In this puzzle, it’s clued as “Feeling :(” |
| 49% | BALANCHINE | 10 | George, in this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | PLANET | 6 | Item in this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | EAGLE | 5 | Score in this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | BADMINTONNET | 12 | Divider in this puzzle's game |
| 49% | ERA | 3 | Time, in this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | FERMI | 5 | Pioneer in this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | ETC | 3 | Hidden element in this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | BROKENBONES | 11 | Fractures found in this puzzle's circles |
| 48% | STRINGTRIO | 10 | Ensemble playing in this puzzle's circles |
| 48% | GHOST | 5 | Spirit featured in this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | COIN | 4 | It's flipped in this puzzle |
| 48% | FILLING | 7 | Pie part (that's appropriately placed in this puzzle?) |
| 47% | THREELETTERWORD | 15 | Something not found in this puzzle's answer |
| 47% | VOWEL | 5 | Every other letter in this puzzle's grid(!) |
| 47% | NONE | 4 | Number of Qs in this puzzle's grid |
| 47% | SWISSROLL | 9 | Sweet treat depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 47% | ONE | 3 | Number of Zs in this puzzle's answers |
| 47% | JULIACHILD | 10 | Chef quoted in this puzzle's starred clues |
| 47% | MATHTEACHER | 11 | Someone well versed in this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | HOUSE | 5 | Legislative body involved in this puzzle's midterms |
| 47% | ONE | 3 | Number of Z's in this puzzle |
| 47% | CEE | 3 | Letter switched to ess in this puzzle's theme |